Oh man did this weekend suck! The weather was just plain horrible! The average temperature was 95 degrees with a barometer reading of 29.0, it usually reads about 29.9-30.2 on an average day. Also to add insult to injury there was a 25+mph head wind. These crippling weather conditions made my car perform approxiamately 5/10s slower then what it usually runs. Read on to see how it went.

Basic tune:

Timing set at 14 degrees

Shift points at 5000 rpms

Water temperature approximately 180 degrees

16 psi Air pressure in rear tires

10 psi in air bag

Time Trial Number 1

Lane:

left

Reaction time:

.657

60 ft:

2.027

330 ft:

5.914

660 ft:

9.163

660 ft mph:

75.25 mph

1000 ft:

12.003

1/4 mile:

14.417

1/4 mile mph:

93.22 mph

Time Trial Number 2

Lane:

right

Reaction time:

.535

60 ft:

2.024

330 ft:

5.915

660 ft:

9.168

660 ft mph:

75.33 mph

1000 ft:

12.006

1/4 mile:

14.421

1/4 mile mph:

93.11 mph

These 2 time trial runs were both pretty close. I was pretty surprised about this especially with the headwind. You could feel the car nosing over on the top end.

First round of eliminations began at about 4:00, so after being at the track for 7 hours standing in the hot sun I was a little ready to just go home. When they called us down I hurried up as fast as I could and went down to the staging lanes. I pulled up to the head of the line and guess who I got paired up to race. The number one points leader. Guess maybe I should at least try. Oh well check it out:

1st Round

Dial in:

14.41

Lane:

left

Reaction time:

.602

60 ft:

2.026

330 ft:

5.905

660 ft:

9.141

660 ft mph:

75.63 mph

1000 ft:

11.971

1/4 mile:

14.389

1/4 mile mph:

91.64

My Opponent

opponents dial in:

13.13

opponents lane:

right obviously

opponents RT:

.656

opponents 60 ft:

1.883

opponents 330 ft:

5.494

opponents 1/8 mile ET:

8.462

opponents 1/8 mile mph:

82.72 mph

opponents 1000 ft:

11.041

opponents 1/4 ET:

13.229

opponents 1/4 mph:

103.04 mph

Well I lost because I broke out by 0.03 At the end of the track I kept looking back to see if he was coming up on me, it looked like he was gaining so I decided to wait until the last second before hitting the brakes. Well I simply waited to long. 0.03, thats not much, but its enough to lose. My therory is that the wind died down a little bit on that run so the car picked up. Oh well better luck next time.

As it stood right before this race I was in 4th place in the points standings. 2 people that were ahead of me did not show up, so at least I will still be hanging with them. The next race will be June 20th, so check back then for the latest.